Night Shift Process Engineer

Process Engineer, Mechanical Assembly (Night Shift) serves as the senior technical authority on the production floor during overnight hours, owning line performance, leading a team of technicians, and ensuring operational continuity in a high-complexity, automated manufacturing environment. This role operates with reduced cross-functional support, requiring significant autonomy in decision-making, sound escalation judgment, and real-time problem solving. The engineer brings deep mechanical intuition, strong leadership capabilities, and a data-driven mindset to drive performance outcomes, mentor the night shift team, and provide critical feedback to daytime engineering and design teams.

• Serve as the technical authority on the production floor during overnight hours, making autonomous decisions on escalations, downtime response, and operational continuity in the absence of day-shift support.
• Lead and mentor a team of night shift technicians, setting clear daily priorities, stabilizing line cadence, building team capability, and driving accountability to production targets.
• Track and analyze key performance indicators such as overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), yield, and cycle times to identify bottlenecks and implement data-driven improvements that carry through to the day-shift handoff.
• Apply strong mechanical intuition to rapidly assess equipment and process issues, ensuring that proposed fixes are robust, safe, and effective rather than temporary stop-gaps.
• Document overnight issues in a clear, structured manner and communicate them to day-shift engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure seamless continuity and to address recurring production constraints.
• Initiate and execute tactical continuous improvement projects on the floor to eliminate waste, improve operator ergonomics, and optimize machine reliability.
• Act as the voice of the shop floor by identifying human factors and usability challenges specific to night shift operations and providing actionable design feedback to system engineering teams.
• Use downtime tracking and root-cause analysis to drive sustainable improvements in equipment reliability and process stability.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders as needed to ensure that overnight decisions align with broader manufacturing and engineering objectives.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous learning within the night shift team.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 4–7+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing, production, or fast-paced industrial operations.
• Prior night shift or off-hours leadership experience, with proven ability to manage operations with limited escalation support.
• Demonstrated capability to manage, prioritize tasks for, and develop a technical team in high-pressure situations.
• Strong familiarity with manufacturing metrics such as OEE and downtime tracking, with a practical approach to root-cause analysis.
• Solid understanding of mechanical systems and automated equipment, enabling independent evaluation of technical solutions and guidance of floor-level fixes.
• High degree of autonomy and sound judgment, with comfort making real-time decisions in ambiguous situations and knowing when to elevate versus resolve independently.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional peers and present clear improvement ideas to design and systems engineers.
• Proactive, results-oriented mindset with the ability to thrive amid ambiguity and adapt quickly in a scaling technology…